If you don’t have sticks (living dangerously, I see), use a kitchen scale. Weigh out 12 ounces of butter from a block. That’s exactly 3/4 pound. Scales don’t lie, unlike your oven thermometer or that friend who says they’ll help you clean up after dinner.
And if you accidentally melt the butter before measuring? You’re now in a different recipe dimension. Melted butter behaves differently in baking—it makes denser, chewier cookies. If you wanted that, cool. If not, say a little prayer to the Butter Saint and start over.
A Plea to the Butter Gods
I’m not saying the world would be a better place if every butter stick had “3/4 lb = 3 sticks” printed on the wrapper. But I am saying I’d bake more often if that were true. Until then, just remember: three sticks, one happy recipe, zero existential crises.
Now go forth, butter champion. Spread, melt, or whip that 3/4 pound into something glorious. Your toast is waiting, and it believes in you.
